Niles and Buchanan are both ranked in the top five of the preseason Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association poll.

The Bucks are ranked No. 4 in Division 3, while the Vikings are ranked No. 5 in Division 2.

Also ranked from the area is Edwardsburg, which is ranked No. 15 in Division 2.

Here are the pre-season rankings by division:

 

Division 1

1. Warren De La Salle
2. Saline
3. Saginaw Heritage
4. Portage Central
5. Midland
6. Hartland
7. Holt
8. Howell
9. Clinton Township-Chippewa Valley

10. Mattawan
11. Brownstown-Woodhaven
12. Mt. Pleasant
13. Detroit Catholic Central
14. Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett

15. Temperance Bedford
16. Rockford
17. Portage Northern
18. Shelby Twp- Utica Eisenhower
19. Sterling Heights Stevenson
20. Grosse Pointe North

 

Division 2

Ada-Forest Hills Eastern

Detroit- Country Day

Linden

Ann Arbor-Gabriel Richard

Niles

Vicksburg

Holland Christain

Carleton-Airport

Stevensville-Lakeshore

Bay City- John Glenn

Dearborn-Divine Child

Chelsea

Comstock Park

Sturgis

Edwardsburg

Milan

Clio

Escanaba

Cheboygan

Tecumseh

 

Division 3

1. Madison Heights-Bishop Foley Catholic

2. Schoolcraft
3. Jackson Lumen Christi
4. Buchanan
5. Bronson
6. Monroe-St. Mary’s Catholic Central
7. Ovid-Elsie
8. Napoleon
9. Grand Rapids West Catholic
10. Comstock
11. Jonesville
12. Standish Sterling Central
13. Scottville-Mason County Central

14. Rochester Hills Lutheran

15. Homer

16. Pinconning

17. Riverview Gabriel Richard

18. Beaverton

19. Boyne City

20. Memphis

 

Division 4

1. Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep
2. Muskegon Catholic Central
3. Maple City Glen Lake
4. Portland St. Patrick
5. Centreville
6. Sterling Heights Parkway
7. Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central
8. Frankfort
9. Concord
10. Lake Michigan Catholic
11. Gaylord St. Mary
12. Ubly
13. Unionville-Sebewaing
14. Mt. Pleasant- Beal City
15. Norway
16. Kalamazoo Christian
17. Ottawa Lake Whiteford
18. Harbor Beach
19. Mt Pleasant Sacred Heart
20. Fowler